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Got a good chance of cracking top 3 in all-time goalscorers for us, if he performs for five more years (big if)!

Absolutely would be a shame. I remember hearing the commentators mention that he wasn't coming on as a sub after all in the game and I was wondering how he could possibly have been hurt. Surely he didn't think he'd be the starter this season, when we had Ali?

3-CB lineup against Olympiakos? Or does he try Louchet (assuming he ever recovers from whatever his current ailment is)? Hmmm Panathinaikos down to 10 men, but winning 2-0 vs AEK in the 90th. We will gain two places to sit in third

Kalamata? What could possibly go wrong?

You all would be more credible if you said that after the wins

Feels like a million years since I could post one of these:

Well hopefully all their best youngsters are with the senior team already. I will look forward to watching these games though - we are too thin in too many positions to not need to hope for a breakthrough from one of these guys. Chatsidis, make me proud!

I missed both of the previous Pats games because of the STIPIKI matches. Don't regret it at all, though!

Didn't realize there was a concern about losing either of them. Seems like two players who are very much in our camp, you know? Still, good to know that there's nothing to panic over yet.

:: takes a drag from a cigarette :: Kalamata? There's a name I haven't heard in a while.

Or you can trust that Olympiakos journo who claimed it's because he's secretly a Jehova's Witness and no longer believes in ethnicity. My guess is that it is simply because of his son, though. That is more than enough of a reason to refuse call ups for one set of games. It's certainly possible that the coach's continued use of subpar players over him (Bakasetas, mainly) played a role in his leaving. But, that doesn't seem to be part of his character. He never made problems while at PAOK, and Lucescu was if anything more stubborn than the NT coach. Ultimately I'd be more concerned if he refuses callups after his recovery is complete. It would also be an enormous loss to the STIPIKI (bonus points if you're old enough to remember that reference). He could well be the most talented guy we've had in decades.

The irony here is that even if Konstantelias comes back, we have so many CFs that we might not see him (or anyone else) as a #10. Though I'm sure Bakasetas will get called up again at some point and Jovanovic will cream his jeans at the thought of shoehorning him in, so maybe I'm wrong there. I just want to call out that not initially including Pelkas was a real boneheaded move. He's a better player than Masouras and would at least have provided some depth on the wings. We also had no actual #10 in the squad until he showed up. Kind of makes our formation pretty predictable/inflexible. Tzolis probably will be recovered by the next games, but I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't get called up since it will be very close. Going into those matches, what's Jovanovic going to do? I'm very doubtful that we can play for a draw in Holland with at least one of our "golden generation" missing. Perhaps we'll see a 3-5-2 and just rely on wingbacks? Giannoulis is better going forward so perhaps that will help cover up any gaps on the left (though it still leaves RWB without cover): --Tzolakis-- --Retsos--Mavropanos--Koulierakis-- --Saliakas--Zafeiris--Karetsas--Kourbelis--Tsimikas-- --Kostoulas--Pavlidis-- I do like the idea of Karetsas actually playing his main position, tbh.

Why does your font look like you're yelling

Yeah, this Germany is much, much weaker than back in the day. It'll take time for them to gel, too. This game showed us just how little depth we have on the wings. Gagatsis needs to go on a complete charm offensive to get Konstantelias back once he's healthy. But even with him, we'd be without competition (or backup) for Karetsas on the right. You all better be hoping your club teams can make their youth take that next leap (I'm looking at you, Chatsidis).

Was just watching the team's posted highlights of that senior vs B team match and I noticed Hatzidiakos was playing. And of course Louchet scoring means he should be good to go too. Also saw Taylor at what I thought was LB, so unsurprisingly Giannoulis was still out.